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I have already read this journal. I think it's very useful for us as students of IKIP PGRI Semarang. Basically, the purpose of this journal is to to analyze the relationship between indirectness and politeness in requests. One of the issues of major concern is the sociolinguistic discourse of politeness.This journal is compare Romanians and other nations. The other nations that mentioned in this journal are British and Hebrew. From this journal we can know how to ask request politely. From lees polite to the most polite way based on the investigation that have done by the researcher. This journal also find out and show any similarities between the answers of the Romanian respondents and those of Blum Kulka’s respondents.

This journal not give knowledge completely. It's just give a certain situation and the only one respondent. Just Romanians. So that the reader not get more knowledge. This journal should give more situations and more respondents, even give some complementary data.

Every nations have their ways to ask request. Whether it's to be polite or rude. I do believe that Indonesian is more polite than them. It's known as a friendly nation. There are so many languages that used by the people. They know how to ask more polite or less polite appropriately.

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Thank you Sir. I have read the journal. i think it's very interesting for me. it gives me some informations about analyze the relationship between indirectness and politeness in requests. i also found an example of the socio linguistics instrument that can be employed in the investigation of the differences and similarities likely to emerge in intercultural encounters. I was suprised that this article contribute to a research niche neglected so far and hopefully provide a theoretical and practical framework for further investigations into the field of polite requests. S Blum-Kulka politeness represents the interactional balance achieved between two needs; the need for pragmatic clarity and the need to avoid coerciveness. The method is the discourse completion test (DCT). There ae eight types of request strategies used in the research and now i can know the examples. in the survey finding i can know that there are directness scale and politeness scale, the answer provided by the respondents were somewhat similar to the previous choices. in the data analysis i found that only one respondent chose hedged performatives and hints as the answer favored in dealing with the situation given by the researcher. the research findings by focusing only on the first four ost polite utterances they are left, Hedged performative, Query preparatory, Hints, and suggestory formulae. the conclusion of the research,as well as the strategy perceived equally polite and indirect, the other two respondents seem to contradict themselves because there ae differences between what one person uses on a daily basis and what the same person perceives as adquat, acceptable in terms of polite indirect strategies.Polite requests in romanian, english and hebrew, romanian and hebrew the most polite and the most indirect. english introduces a category that they left aside in this reseacrh. different with indonesia that have a lot of culture, each culture have differents ways in polite requests. but it has high politess, so that indonesian are famous with polite person. in the final conclusion Romanian is pretty close to Hebrew in term linguistic strategies employed.The questioning was administered in Romanian and the translation tried to be as close as possible to literal meaning af the english expressions. I can get some references that may be very useful for me and i can know the example of smart and great questionnaire. :)

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Well, I have read a worthy journal entitled "POLITENESS IN REQUESTS:SOME RESEARCH FINDINGS RELEVANT FOR INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS" by Aura CODREANU and Alina DEBU, Romania.

The purpose of the research was to investigate the connection between politeness and indirectness in the Romanian language compared to other nationalities, such as the British and the Hebrew. the research conducted this study to the seven respondents of Romanians. the findings seem to tell us that there is the same choice between Romanian and Hebrew contradict with English in ranking the strategy types of politeness and indirectness. Thus, the conclusion could be that Romanians are more likely to use conventional indirect strategies than other nationalities. Romanian seems to overlap with Hebrew in terms of the linguistic strategies. This research also points out to the fact that in Romanian are more likely to encounter conventional indirect polite strategies compared to Hebrew and English.

The strength of this study is to be considered overcoming to complete further research in the field of linguistics and pragmatics more specifically of intercultural encounters at the level of linguistic discourse. This study tries to prove the theories while comparing. It is elaborated in ranking strategy from some respondents.

The weakness of the survey is the first, this study should be carried out on a larger group of respondents. it would be interesting to look if there are any other respondents favoring hints and hedged performatives as both the most polite and conventionally indirect strategies to be used in a certain context. because however, we cannot claim them unreliable because in our view there may be differences between what one person uses on a daily basis and what the same person perceives as acceptable in terms of polite indirect strategies.
the second, this study should be focused on the differences/ similarities between individual choice in applying the polite indirect strategies type and societal and linguistic norms in the certain context while proving about theories.

when two languages from different countries are encountered simultaneously will have different perception. one perceives to be more polite in his own way, but it doesn't seem that another one will be able in the same way. each has a choice to use the level of strategies in the real context.
SO, overlapping in the intercultural and linguistic encounter is not to be exaggerated. it must be true if we place this into any consideration. comparing and overcoming. thus differences need to be better understood and applied tightly. that's the point. :)
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The conclusion to be drawn based on the findings and after the data analysis is that while most respondents (i.e. seven) choose the same strategy (i.e. query preparatory) as an individual manner of self expression, as well as a strategy perceived equally polite and indirect, the other two respondents seem to contradict themselves. However, we cannot claim them unreliable because in our view there may be differences between what one person uses on a daily basis and what the same person perceives as adquat, acceptable in terms of polite indirect strategies. we could
draw is that Romanian is pretty close to Hebrew in terms of the linguistic strategies employed. However, the current research also points out to the fact that in Romanian we are more likely to encounter conventional indirect polite strategies compared to Hebrew and English. In this respect, we cannot claim though too much originality of the findings. Romanians list the same category either on the seventh or the eighth position on the directness scale, for Hebrew the utterances appear on the sixth position, whereas in English they appear on the fifth position.it's all quietly different with polite request in Indonesia. in our country, if we want to request something, we will do it with the best warmth we have. we will look at the person that we will ask and the smile never lost. There same way in Indonesian, Romanian and Hebrew, but there also many the differences. so, I think all of country in the world have difference ways to say the polite request.

I’m sorry sir, I'm late to send this comment, and after i have read the journal entitled “POLITENESS IN REQUESTS : SOME RESEARCH FINDINGS RELEVANT FOR INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS”, that has the aim is to analyze the relationship between indirectness and politeness in requests. I think the journal is difficult to understand. Many unfamiliar words that I just find them. Like the eight types of request strategies used in the research. It can make me confused about it, but, it can contribute new vocab also.

Based on the journal, we can find significance differences and similarities likely to emerge in intercultural encounters. This journal may contribute niche neglected so far and provide a theoretical and practical framework for further investigations into the field of polite and overlapping or mutually excluding categories by Romanians compared to other nationalities, such as the British and the Hebrew.
In my opinion, the strength of the journal are the journal used appropriate method by called discourse completion test because the method can be applied directly to participants coming from different cultural background. The journal has weakness also, it is not effective if the researcher used seven respondents of Rumanians’ students because they were not the native Romanians. The journal should be taken many respondents to get effective result. It is not able to bring out the extended negotiation which commonly occurs in authentic discourse due to the absence of interactions between interlocutors.

Thus, a conclusion that we could draw is that Romanian is pretty close to Hebrew in terms of the linguistic strategies employed. However, the current research also points out to the fact that in Romanian we are more likely to encounter conventional indirect polite strategies compared to Hebrew and English. In this respect, we cannot claim though too much originality of the findings due to the restricted sample of respondents.
That's enough for me, thanks a lot sir :)

I have read the journal, the title is “Politeness in Requests: Some Research Findings Relevant for Intercultural Encounters Politeness in Requests: Some Research Findings Relevant for Intercultural Encounters”. This journal contains about analysis of the relationship between indirectness and politeness in requests. From the journal We will know the information about politeness and indirectness are viewed as overlapping or mutually excluding categories by Romanians compared to other nationalities, such as the British and the Hebrew.
The goal of the journal is to provide an example of the socio linguistics instruments that can be employed in the investigation of the differences and similarities likely to emerge in intercultural encounters. This journal may contribute to a research niche neglected so far and, hopefully, provide a theoretical and practical framework for further investigations into the field of polite requests.
This journal is really good for us as students of English Department because we became know about the comparison of three languages; Rumanian, Hebrew, and British, of which one the most polite of three languages implementing in asking requests. The weakness of the journal is there is no example of the real conversation, it just gives some sentences, its better to give it.
The conclusion of the journal is that Romanian is pretty closeto Hebrew in terms of the linguistic strategies employed. However, the current research also points out to the fact that in Romanian we are more likely to encounter conventional indirect polite strategies compared to Hebrew and English. And then if it is compared with Indonesian cultures, Indonesian people also use politeness in request and to be polite is important in Indonesia.

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